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UDC advances Kingston Harbour walk with signing of contract for feasibility study
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UDC advances Kingston Harbour walk with signing of contract for feasibility study
July 23 04:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has taken another significant step towards transforming Kingston Harbour into a world class ...
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New US sanctions target Cuban international medical missions
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New US sanctions target Cuban international medical missions
July 23 03:20 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—New United States (US) sanctions announced on Thursday targeted Cuba's decades-old international medical missions prog...
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WRHA promotes mosquito control, dengue prevention amid hurricane season
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WRHA promotes mosquito control, dengue prevention amid hurricane season
July 23 03:11 PM
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica—The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is calling on residents across the region to take proactive steps to prevent dengue ...
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Man interrupts court proceedings with outburst
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Man interrupts court proceedings with outburst
July 23 02:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man believed to be of unsound mind interrupted proceedings in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday during an appea...
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EU fines Google 890 million euros, risking US fury
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EU fines Google 890 million euros, risking US fury
July 23 02:27 PM
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP)—The European Union on Thursday hit Google with fines totaling 890 million euros ($1 billion), in a move that risks escalating ...
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Daley calls for greater protection of Jamaica’s children after Trelawny tragedy
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Daley calls for greater protection of Jamaica’s children after Trelawny tragedy
July 23 02:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Gender, Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, Denise Daley, said she is deeply saddened and distur...
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Mother’s Day gift turns into CA$70 million lottery winnings for retired Jamaican couple
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Mother’s Day gift turns into CA$70 million lottery winnings for retired Jamaican couple
July 23 02:01 PM
ONTARIO, Canada — Newly retired Jamaican-born couple Audrey and Wills W are looking forward to a very different retirement after winning a life-changi...
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Life in prison for Minnesota man who killed state lawmaker
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Life in prison for Minnesota man who killed state lawmaker
July 23 01:43 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A Minnesota man who shot dead a state lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for what ...
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UDC advances Kingston Harbour walk with signing of contract for feasibility study
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UDC advances Kingston Harbour walk with signing of contract for feasibility study
July 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has taken another significant step towards transforming Kingston Harbour into a world class ...
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WRHA promotes mosquito control, dengue prevention amid hurricane season
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WRHA promotes mosquito control, dengue prevention amid hurricane season
July 23, 2026
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica—The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is calling on residents across the region to take proactive steps to prevent dengue ...
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Man interrupts court proceedings with outburst
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Man interrupts court proceedings with outburst
July 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man believed to be of unsound mind interrupted proceedings in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday during an appea...
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Daley calls for greater protection of Jamaica’s children after Trelawny tragedy
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Daley calls for greater protection of Jamaica’s children after Trelawny tragedy
July 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Gender, Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, Denise Daley, said she is deeply saddened and distur...
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Mother’s Day gift turns into CA$70 million lottery winnings for retired Jamaican couple
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Mother’s Day gift turns into CA$70 million lottery winnings for retired Jamaican couple
July 23, 2026
ONTARIO, Canada — Newly retired Jamaican-born couple Audrey and Wills W are looking forward to a very different retirement after winning a life-changi...
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Minister Hill to meet with Castor Oil Association and honey producers to explore GI for products
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Minister Hill to meet with Castor Oil Association and honey producers to explore GI for products
July 23, 2026
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill, is scheduled to meet with members of the Castor Oil Ass...
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Who are the six candidates vying to lead the UN?
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Who are the six candidates vying to lead the UN?
July 23, 2026
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) —  Four women and two men are in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres as leader of the United Nations, which fa...
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WATCH: Troy residents protest amid man’s arrest following fatal mobbing over slain 10-year-old
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WATCH: Troy residents protest amid man’s arrest following fatal mobbing over slain 10-year-old
July 23, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Placard-bearing residents of Troy, Trelawny on Thursday morning mounted a roadblock as they demanded the release of a man who they...
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41 farmers to benefit from $80 million Hartlands Irrigation Project
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41 farmers to benefit from $80 million Hartlands Irrigation Project
BY KELSEY THOMAS Online coordinator thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 23, 2026
Forty-one farmers in Hartlands, St Catherine, are set to benefit from an $80 million irrigation project aimed at improving agricultural productivity, ...
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A light extinguished
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A light extinguished
Family grieves bright 10-year-old killed in Troy, as man accused of her murder beaten to death by mob
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
July 23, 2026
TROY, Trelawny — Huddled on the verandah of their family home, relatives of 10-year-old Shani “Kaidra” Coke, whose partially nude body was found with ...
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Too late to explain?
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Too late to explain?
Robinson says clearer communication could have spared Gov’t backlash over unspent Hurricane Melissa donations
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
July 23, 2026
PERMANENT secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Ambassador Rocky Meade has defended the Government’s decision to preserve Hurricane Melissa ca...
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Final push to get PEP students high school-ready
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Final push to get PEP students high school-ready
Education ministry targets at least 80% of summer school students to master literacy and numeracy by September
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 23, 2026
THE Ministry of Education is expecting at least 80 per cent of the 1,341 students enrolled in its special summer numeracy and literacy programme, for ...
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CPFSA ‘horrified’ at 10-y-o’s murder
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CPFSA ‘horrified’ at 10-y-o’s murder
July 23, 2026
THE Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) said Wednesday that it was horrified and deeply saddened by the murder of 10-year-old Shani Co...
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Architectural renaissance
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Architectural renaissance
Holness says Kingston Harbour Walk Project must catalyse shift in Jamaica’s development
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 23, 2026
THE Kingston Harbour Walk Project (KHW) must catalyse a shift in Jamaica’s architectural development, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness declared Wednes...
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Land ownership issues continue to slow distribution of modular homes for Melissa victims — Meade
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Land ownership issues continue to slow distribution of modular homes for Melissa victims — Meade
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
July 23, 2026
PERMANENT secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Ambassador Rocky Meade says unresolved land titling issues continue to delay the distribution ...
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Manchester councillors unite in tribute to former Mayor Dean Peart
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Manchester councillors unite in tribute to former Mayor Dean Peart
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
July 23, 2026
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — When Councillor Ryan Peart (People’s National Party, Spur Tree Division) stood to pay tribute to his cousin and former mayor ...
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Jamaica’s first female commissioner of customs dies at 82
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Jamaica’s first female commissioner of customs dies at 82
July 23, 2026
ALISON Moore, who made history as Jamaica’s first female commissioner of customs, has died at the age of 82. Moore passed away on Sunday following a p...
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Teachers losing confidence in homework as AI use grows
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Teachers losing confidence in homework as AI use grows
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
July 23, 2026
THERE are fresh concerns today that Jamaica’s schools are not moving quickly enough to address the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI), which i...
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‘Run in the East, RE-LEAF the West’
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‘Run in the East, RE-LEAF the West’
Forestry Department to plant one tree in Silent Hill Forest Reserve for every participant in its 5K
July 23, 2026
THE Forestry Department has launched its inaugural Urban Forest Run, with proceeds from the event supporting the restoration of the Black River mangro...
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Expert warns against complacency as police fatal shootings decline
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Expert warns against complacency as police fatal shootings decline
Jason Cross | Reporter 
July 23, 2026
IF the numbers hold for the rest of July, the security forces will record the fewest incidents of fatal shootings in any one month since the start of ...
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Sandals Ochi celebrates the team behind its culinary excellence
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Sandals Ochi celebrates the team behind its culinary excellence
July 23, 2026
SANDALS Ochi recently paid tribute to its stewarding team at a special appreciation luncheon held in their honour. The event recognised the dedicated ...
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Seprod Foundation and Bacardi partner to support Hurricane Melissa recovery
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Seprod Foundation and Bacardi partner to support Hurricane Melissa recovery
July 23, 2026
SEPROD Foundation, with the support of Bacardi, has continued its long-term hurricane recovery efforts in Crawford, St Elizabeth, and Seaford Town, We...
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